Senate Democrats say Republicans are risking a government shutdown if they include language to expedite General James Mattis' confirmation process for secretary of defense in a must-pass spending bill.

Corrupt officers are smuggling hard drugs, phones, and weapons to inmates – fuelling a rise in violence inside HMP Pentonville and other prisons across Britain – but the authorities don’t want you to know about it.

Jayalalithaa was a fair-skinned Brahmin in a party that thrived on Dravidian anti-class rhetoric; a glamorous actor who wasn't taken seriously; above all, she was an unmarried, childless woman trying to ascend to power in 1980s Tamil Nadu. And she won against all odds.

A jury ruled last month that the magazine defamed a former University of Virginia dean over the handling of a discredited campus rape story. But Monday, Rolling Stone asked a judge to toss out the verdict.